BIDDLE v. WARREN GEN. HOSP.

No. 98-952.

86 Ohio St.3d 395 (1999)

BIDDLE ET AL., APPELLEES AND CROSS-APPELLANTS, v. WARREN GENERAL HOSPITAL ET AL., APPELLANTS AND CROSS-APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided September 15, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maguire & Schneider, L.L.P., Dennis P. Zapka and Emery J. Leuchtag, for appellees and cross-appellants.

Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Richard B. Whitney, Kathleen B. Burke and Anne Owings Ford; Keating, Keating & Kuzman and W. Leo Keating, for appellants and cross-appellees Warren General Hospital and Kevin Andrews.

Charles L. Richards, for appellants and cross-appellees Robert L. Heller and Elliott, Heller, Maas, Moro & Magill Co., L.P.A.

Bricker & Eckler, L.L.P., James H. Hughes, Jr., Catherine M. Ballard and Karen D. Smith, urging reversal for amici curiae OHA: The Association for Hospitals and Health Systems and the Ohio State Medical Association.

Eugene P. Whetzel, urging reversal for amicus curiae Ohio State Bar Association.


ALICE ROBIE RESNICK, J.

Aside from the procedural and evidentiary questions, these appeals present five general issues for our determination. The first issue is whether a physician or hospital can be held liable for the unauthorized, out-ofcourt disclosure of confidential information obtained in the course of the physician-patient relationship.

This issue is easily resolved. "In Ohio, a physician can be held liable for unauthorized disclosures...

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